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Using Granite and Marble Sawing Power Wastes in the Production of Bricks: Spectroscopic and Mechanical Analysis
S. Dhanapandian and B. Gnanavel
Corresponding Author: B. Gnanavel
Submitted: 2009 October, 23
Accepted: 2009 November, 20
Published: 2010 January, 05 |
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Granite and marble saw ing powder wastes is w idespread by-product of industrial process in India.
Generally these wastes pollute and damage the environment due to sawing and polishing processes. Granite
and marble wastes were collected from companies located in Salem district. Local clay and fired industrial brick
materials were collected from Salem as well as nearby districts Namakkal and Erode, Tamilnadu, India. Fired
industrial brick was characterized by using FTIR and Mossbauer spectroscopic techniques. Mixtures were
prepared with 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 wt. % w astes incorporated into the raw clay material. For the briquette
specimens fired in between 500 and 900ºC, the technological properties such as compressive and flexural
strengths, water absorption, porosity and bulk density are determined and the same properties have also been
obtained for industrial bricks. The results shows that granite and marble waste content upto 50 wt. % can be
added into clay materials of Salem, Namakkal and Erode in the production of bricks with no major determinal
effect on the properties of the sintered briquette specimens anticipating no costly modifications in the industrial
production.
Key words: Clay, FTIR, granite waste, mechanical analysis, , ,
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S. Dhanapandian and B. Gnanavel, . Using Granite and Marble Sawing Power Wastes in the Production of Bricks: Spectroscopic and Mechanical Analysis. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (1): Page No: 73-86.
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